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Raziela the Shroud

Background

A member of the Spiral Eclipse self-identified as the ‘Divine Knight of the Spiral Eclipse’. She is also a cleric of Vecna who has masqueraded as a member of a number of other religious orders.

Analysis by C Aysun indicates that she is, herself, undead, but the exact nature of her condition remains somewhat obfuscated. Her activities appear to consist of an interlocking collection of elaborate conspiracies using networks of spies tied to Vecna as well as operatives of the Spiral Eclipse itself.

Raziela was also in contact with Koray Darzi directly through the Vecna spy ring he was secretly a double agent for. After setting her plans into motion she lured him into the trap to ensure that he was eliminated when Egon’s party entered the castle.

After the Castle landed on the Rise, Raziela observed the effects it had on the island while under the alias of ‘Raziela Amsel’, a supposed cleric of the Raven Queen at the Shadegrasp Outpost.

She seemed content to observe the rampancy of Iris Four until the party intervened, at which point she moved in to retrieve the data gathered by the artifact computer under the guise of leading a rescue team.

Her cover was eventually blown by Egon Sonnen, however, she had more than enough tricks up her sleeve to escape with what she came for.

Whether or not Raziela was also involved with the followers of Vecna who sabotaged the Shrine of the Abyssal Maelstrom remains unknown. Wait, what was her dialogue theme again?

According to Tertia, an apparent nemesis of Raziela, killing Raziela directly is largely unfulfilling. When questioned on this, she said that Raziela was a lich “or something”.

Furthermore, Tertia‘s disregard for the Spiral Eclipse beyond how it pertains to Raziela may indicate that their feud pre-dates Raziela’s involvement with that organization.

It would later be revealed that Raziela would use the data recovered from Iris Four to intentionally create an arcane computer to supervise the Death Spiral Machine. This would be dubbed the IRIS 42 system and it would cause all manner of trouble for The Party.

Pointless Seacats-Related Commentary

Raziela was awarded Beato’s dialogue theme after proving herself a capable manipulator who the heroes found to be genuinely reprehensible. I believe it was suggested that I do this on the forums in an abstract way.

However, whenever I mentally picture Raziela, she reminds me a lot more of Bernkastel. In fact, a more adult-looking Bern with black hair and blue eyes is fairly close to my own mental picture of the character.